Dr. Katie Brazelton, Ph.D., M.Div., M.A., is a Life Coach and the bestselling author of the popular Pathway to Purpose for Women book series (Zondervan). She is also the founder of Life Purpose Coaching Centers, International®, which trains Christian men and women internationally to become Life Purpose Coaches and two-day-intensive Life Plan Facilitators.

Prior to the book series launch in 2005, Katie Brazelton worked at Saddleback Church (where Rick Warren is pastor) in various roles over # years: Director of Women’s Bible Studies, Director of Golden Gate Theological Seminary, Director of Research for Dr. Rick Warren, and as a Licensed Minister. Before coming to work at Saddleback Church, Katie held positions as Director of Public Relations for a multi-million-dollar medical laboratory and as Vice President of Curriculum Development for an ethics education company.  Katie also taught English classes at local colleges for five years.  Today Katie is focused on fulfilling her God-given dream of opening 200 Life Purpose Coaching Centers worldwide.  Visit www.LifePurposeCoachingCenters.com for details.

Katie spends a great many of her days talking with women about their God-given dreams, passions, and purposes. Her calling to help women discover their life purposes led her to Calcutta to talk to Mother Teresa about joy; to Belfast as a guest of Ireland's Nobel Peace Laureate to discuss inner peace; and to the tiny island of Malta to study St. Paul’s time of shipwreck.

Katie has been a featured guest on national television and radio shows such as “100 Huntley Street,” “HomeWord,” “Midday Connection,” and her print interviews include Today’s Christian Woman (TCW) and www.pastors.com.  Katie has been a columnist for www.purposedriven.com and TCW, and she is currently a regular columnist for Extraordinary Women magazine, published by the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC).  She has spoken at such venues as AACC’s World Conference and Focus on the Family. She is a Rockbridge Seminary professor.

Katie has two adult children and a daughter-in-law who enjoy each other’s company in Southern California. Katie was thrilled to become a first-time grandma in 2006.

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Previous Titles from Zondervan:

·     Pathway to Purpose for Women – 10 Translations and Crossings Books’ Edition

• Praying for Purpose for Women  –  5 Translations
• Conversations on Purpose for Women –  2 Translations and Crossings Books’ Edition
• Pathway to Purpose for Women Personal Journal
• Pathway to Purpose Abridged Audio CD